Organoid News Volume 5.24 | Jun 20 2024

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    Vol. 5.24 – 20 June, 2024
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    Organoids for Functional Precision Medicine in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

    Researchers evaluated whether patient-derived organoids (PDO) could be implemented in clinical practice to benefit patients with advanced refractory PDAC. 54 PDOs were generated from 87 pretreated patients.
    [Gastroenterology]

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    Bioengineered Human Colon Organoids with In Vivo-Like Cellular Complexity and Function

    Scientists integrated organoid and organ-on-a-chip technology to develop an advanced human organoid model. By employing an asymmetric stimulation with growth factors, they greatly enhanced tissue longevity and replicated in vivo-like diversity and patterning of proliferative and differentiated cell types.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    Integration of Functional Human Auditory Neural Circuits Based on a 3D Carbon Nanotube System

    Neural progenitor cells of the cochlea and auditory cortex were derived from human embryos to generate region-specific organoids and these organoids were assembled in a nanofiber-combined 3D system.
    [Advanced Science]

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    A Highly Reproducible and Efficient Method for Retinal Organoid Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Through the regulation of multiple parameters, investigators have generated a more highly standardized and efficient method to yield consistently pure populations of retinal organoids of consistent size and shape across multiple cell lines.
    [Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America]

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    Impact of Brain Organoid-Derived sEVs on Metastatic Adaptation and Invasion of Breast Carcinoma Cells through a Microphysiological System

    Researchers assessed the impact of brain organoid-derived small extracellular vesicles on various behaviors of the MDA-MB-231 cell line, chosen as a representative of triple-negative breast cancer in a 3D microfluidic model.
    [Lab On A Chip]

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    Ataxia Telangiectasia Patient-Derived Neuronal and Brain Organoid Models Reveal Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress

    Scientists used cortical neurons and brain organoids from ataxia telangiectasia-patient iPSC and gene-corrected isogenic controls to reveal levels of mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and senescence that varied with developmental maturity.
    [Neurobiology of Disease]

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    Construction of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Organoids In Vitro 3D-Culture for Drug Screening

    Researchers screened and optimized culture media, employing three-dimensional techniques to construct human-derived oral squamous cell carcinoma organoid models in vitro.
    [Oral Diseases]

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    A Novel Function of Benzoic Acid to Enhance Intestinal Barrier Defense Against PEDV Infection in Piglets

    Scientists investigated the effects of benzoic acid on the intestinal barrier and the differentiation of intestinal stem cells, employing in vivo piglet and in vitro intestinal organoid models.
    [Veterinary Microbiology]

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    Neutral Selection and Clonal Expansion during the Development of Colon Cancer Metastasis

    Investigators established human colon cancer-derived organoids and investigated clonal dynamics during liver metastasis development by tracking barcode-labeled subclones.
    [Journal of Biochemistry]

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    REVIEWS

    The Potential of Organoids in Renal Cell Carcinoma Research

    The authors summarize the recent advancements in the use of organoids for studying renal cell carcinoma, focusing on their cultivation, potential applications, and inherent limitations.
    [BMC Urology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    HKUMed’s World-First ‘Liver-in-Cube’ Wins a Gold Medal at International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Advancing Precise Cancer Treatment

    A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed ‘Bionic Liver-in-Cube: A Comprehensive Precise Theranostics for Liver Cancer and Diseases’. Using 3D bioprinting, it can mimic liver tumors of patients for evaluation of emerging therapies.
    [The University of Hong Kong (EurekAlert!)]

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